- to destroy; to wreck
- (historical) affairs of state at the imperial court
- warrior; samurai
- Zhou dynasty (1046-221 BC)
- capability; ability; CL:個|个[ge4]
- confluence; to converge; to join; to fuse; fusion
- every time
- always
- to thwart; to foil (sb's plans); a setback; a failure; a defeat
- to cover; to hide from view; to obstruct or block; defilade (military)
- uncultured; uncivilized; God-forsaken; ignorant; illiterate
- to criticize; to refute
- 塞 sè: 塞 se4: (bound form) to block; to obstruct塞 sāi: 塞 sai1: to plug; to stop up; to stuff in; (bound form) a stopper; a cork塞 sài: 塞 sai4: (bound form) strategic stronghold
- lit. secure as a city protected by a wall of metal and a moat of boiling water (idiom); fig. well fortified; invulnerable to attack
- old affair; former matter
- to limit; to restrict; (bound form) limit; bound
- (bound form) boundary; border; (bound form) realm
- metal; CL:種|种[zhong3]
- (esp. of a mountain range) to be continuous; to stretch long and unbroken
- copper wall, iron bastion (idiom); impenetrable defense
- ruthless
- egotistical; arrogant; brassy
- to cultivate; to raise; to form (a habit); to acquire
- custom; practice (usu. a regrettable one)
- to let (sth happen); to allow (sb to do sth); to submit to; to yield
- dictatorship
- alchemist; necromancer
- in private
- to ridicule; to mock
- to seek; to look for
- Daoist immortal; celestial being
- legendary magic potion of immortals; panacea; fig. wonder solution to a problem
- to carry; to take along; to bring along; to hold (hands); also pr. [xi1]
- huge investment; vast sum
- to go with sb; to form companionships
- to abscond; to slink off
- to bury alive
- pit; hollow; depression; (mining) pit; shaft; tunnel; (literary) to bury alive; (coll.) to cheat; to scam; to screw over